Every now and again -- if by "now and again" you read "every few minutes" -- I ask myself "why am I not in Italy right now?" All of my answers, while sensible, are highly unsatisfying. I mean, seriously? Why am I not in Italy right now?

In case you need something to listen to during your long run, commute, parent-teacher conference, shiatsu massage, I talked about the NYC marathon with Sarah Bowen Shea and Christine Hinton for this week's Another Mother Runner podcast.

Also: a brief book review by yrs trly of Today Will Be Different, which you really should read. The book. You should read the book, not necessarily the review. I mean, the review's okay but really the book is much, much better.

I likely don't need to say this but, if you are a U.S. citizen, go vote. Seriously.

I just got back from doing so. Fortunately, once I got out of my house, there were no stairs between my polling place and me. Because, you know, I just ran the New York City Marathon. Like one does. NBD.*

There will be more on the marathon later -- I'm a little tired, y'all -- but, for now, the one picture I took while on the course, somewhere in Brooklyn. Because you should always stop to take a selfie with a person in a banana costume.